Bastard Tongues: A Trailblazing Linguist Finds Clues to Our Common Humanity in the World's Lowliest Languages

by Derek Bickerton

Book Overview

Why Do Isolated Creole Languages Tend to Have Similar Grammatical Structures? Bastard Tongues is an exciting, firsthand story of scientific discovery in an area of research close to the heart of what... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809028174
• ISBN13: 9780809028177
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Hill & Wang
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Fantastic read!

One of my favourite books I've ever read on the subject. The author's other works are great; but I revisit this book every so often. Highly recommended!